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Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders
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this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2023
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Lol…. The “tyranny” bit is over man. It’s old. It doesn’t work any more. Armed citizens will not stop an overreaching government. Maybe they could have in the past- but no longer. Our military can turn anyone in this country to dust with such precision so as not to disturb their neighbors rose garden.
You really think that “we need guns to stop a tyrannical government!” really holds any water anymore? This just illustrates my point:
There are no logical pro gun arguments.
But let’s assume for the sake of, well…. My amusement- that a well armed militia actually COULD stop a tyrannical government- hell-bent on stripping citizens of their rights….
Why aren’t they?
We have LGBTQ+ nearly being hunted in the streets, as well as women’s reproductive rights that now seemingly belong to the government.
So…
Where are all your “don’t tread on me friends and their guns?”
Know what? Don’t answer. We all know.
You might want to read my post again, because that's literally what I said. Where are they? They have no answer, and that shows the argument (hedge against tyranny) is bullshit. My point is that some reasons are deeply held and others are not. This one is the deeply held one, and it's the one people need to keep hammering home. If the 2nd amendment is a hedge against tyranny, why don't we see the beginnings of unrest? Conservatives may give different reasons they think things are going to shit, but they also think things are going to shit. And.they have no answer about why nothing's being done about it.
Apologies. I misunderstood where you were coming from. Re-read and well said.